He carried on the work of his father, Babar the Elephant’s creator.
Born August 1925
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Even after being elected to office, he kept his personal number in the phone book.
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He helped spearhead the creation of high-yield crops in India to combat famine.
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He helped desegregate music venues in Southern California.
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She was the mother of actor Lorenzo Lamas.
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Honor Blackman (1925–2020), actress known for roles in “Goldfinger” and TV’s “The Avengers”
by Kirk FoxBlackman was best known for playing Bond girl Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger.”
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Leslie Edwards was one of the last remaining Tuskegee Airmen, the African-American pilots who served in the U.S. military during World War II.
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Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga (1925–2018), Japanese-American researcher uncovered truth behind World War II internments
by Legacy StaffActivist and researcher helped prove the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II was racially motivated.
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Brian Aldiss, the acclaimed English science fiction writer, died Aug. 19, 2017, in Oxford, England. His family shared the news via the writer’s Twitter account. “It is with great sadness …
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Mike Connors, the B-movie actor who found stardom on the long-running detective series “Mannix,” died Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, in Tarzana, California. He was 91.